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Featured Items:

• Free Toilet Program
• WATER WISE: Is your garden WATER WISE? Get tips and helpful information.
• FREE Garden Medallion: Take a pledge to be WATER WISE and get a free WATER WISE medallion.
• Kids Page: Kids can be WATER WISE too! Games and videos.
• 2009 Drinking Water Quality Report: Olympia met or exceeded all federal and local standards.
• 2009-2014 Water System Plan: Learn more about the proposed Water System Plan.
• 2008 Water Use Efficiency Report: Learn more about our work to conserve water and reduce consumption; review our annual report.

Highlighted Program Information:

• Call before you dig: Doing work outside that requires digging? Be sure to call before you dig.
• Conservation information is available for both indoor and outdoor applications.
• Cross Connection: Ensure contaminants do not enter your drinking water system.
• Drinking Water Protection Area Boundaries have changed. Learn more and review latest updates.
• Groundwater Protection program focuses on the goal of preventing the contamination of our drinking water.
• Water Quality staff ensure Olympia's water meets all state and federal requirements and is safe to drink.

Videos - Public Service Announcements

Conservation

• Outdoor Leaks: Have leaks? Fix them when you find them.
• Outdoor Watering: Did you know that water use doubles in the summer? Learn about the tuna can test.

Water Quality

• Bottled vs Tap Water: Get great value and high quality drinking water.
• Drinking Water's a Great Value and we deliver.
• Source to Tap: Mr Maples learns it is important to be careful and protect our drinking water.

Groundwater Protection

• What is an Aquifer?
• Think Twice Before You Weed and Feed
• Protecting Groundwater for Generations

Contacting Public Works

• Physical Address: 924 7th Ave. SE, Suite A
• Mailing Address: PO Box 1967, Olympia, WA 98507-1967 (directions)
• Hours: M - F from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (except for City-recognized holidays)
• 360.753.8588, TTY 360.753.8005
• publicworks@ci.olympia.wa.us